Devil: Love And Conquest (Kissing A Devil Season 2)

Chapter 9

Harleen sat in the lounge of a hotel. She accompanied Kabir to a meeting there. He asked her to wait and he left. She had already given the files to him before. She had no idea why she was asked to come and was made to wait there. She was looking around when her eyes went to a little girl, playing by the pool outside. She went to the glass window to check. The little girl was alone, dipping her hand in the water. There was no one in sight, no parents or hotel staff.

The kid was sitting and was extending her arm to reach a leaf, floating on the surface of the water. Harleen was afraid for the kid. She ran outside and found the girl right at the edge. Harleen didn't want to scare her by calling her. She could fall in the water. She hurried towards her, picked her up and pulled her away from the edge of the pool.

"What were you doing? Pani mein gir jati toh kya hota?" She said to her.
The kid stared at her and then blinked twice. She kept staring for a long time and then embraced her. She started crying, holding on to her.
Harleen was shocked. She never thought she could make a kid cry.
She rubbed her back, "Stop crying. Main tumhe dant nahi rahi thi. Baby, stop crying."

She picked her up in her arms and took her to the lounge chair under the shade. She made her sit on her lap, "Bas, ab rona nahi. Okay."
She wiped her eyes and kissed her head. The kid moved from her lap to sit beside her. She kept staring at her.
"Why did you cry? Maine toh tum ko danta nahi tha. Bas bola kd tum gir jaogi. Why did you cry?"
She didn't reply. She ran her tiny hands over her face. Harleen didn't understand her behavior. The kid hugged her again.
"Hey! Bache, kya hua tum ko?"

The kid broke the hug and Harleen smiled at her.
"Ab batao, tumhara naam kya hai?"
The kid wiped her face, "Aap ko toh pata hai na. It's me.. yaad kalo na.."
Harleen smiled, "Hun?"
Saanvi looked at the pillar behind her and bit her tongue.
Laughing nervously, she said, "Aap ko nahi malum. How will you know?"
She then said, "I am Saanvi Rai.. Saanvi."

"That's a sweet name. Saanvi!"
"But you can call me Poochi. My Dada calls me Saani but he also calls me Poochi and sometimes he call me Sweetheart, Babygirl and many other names."
Harleen repeated the name, "Poochi.. Poochi."
She muttered to herself, "I...now this name. But how... "

Saanvi again touched her face. Harleen turned to her and smiled.
"Tum idhar kya kar rahe ho? Akele kyun the? Where are you parents?"
Saanvi replied, "I am hele with my Dada. He is in a meeling. He left me with an aunty. Maine na unhe chocolate lane bola aul bhaag gai. I don't like hel. I was paying in the pool waiting."

"Waiting for whom? Your Dada?"
Saanvi just smiled.
"Where are you from? Tumhara ghar kya paas mein hai?"
Saanvi replied, "No. We took a pane to come hele. My home is in Ileland."
"Iceland?"
"Arey na, Ileland."
"Ireland! Right."

Saanvi giggled.
"But now we live hele. We live in a huge house.(extended her arms to show how big)I sometimes get lost in them. Kitne sale looms hai, bada sa galden hai. But I don't like it hele. Mujhe wapis jana hai. But Dada says we can't. I have fliends hele. Bitu bhaiya, Chinky, Kalu, Pinky. We pay in the galden evelyday."

She excitedly said, "You know what, we wele paying one day and thele was a boom. We wele so scaled. Dada ne bachaya sab ko. He got hult. Khoon aya idhal.(pointed her forehead). And the othel day, we wele in scool tip, bad men caught us. he fought bad men. Dhishoom dhishoom kiya aur hume bachaya. He is stongest Dada."

"Acha Dada Matlab Daddy ke bare mein itna kuch bola aur mumma ke bare mein kuch nahi? Why? Mummy dhishoom dhishoom nahi karti isiliye?"
Saanvi's face was sad.
"What happened? Why are you sad again?"
"Mommy, doesn't live with us. She got lost. She folgot about me."

A sharp pain rose in the chest. Harleen didn't know the reason behind it. She was in love with this kid whom she just met. How strange was it!

"You look like her. Can I call you mommy?"
Harleen was surprised, "Baby, I am.. not your mother. How can you call me mommy?"
Her face became even sadder. Her eyes filled with water.Harleen didn't want her to cry anymore. And honestly she wanted nothing else than for her to call her mommy.